With the new release of the iPhone 6, iPhone fanatics are
even more prominent right now. My roommate keeps telling me all of the “great”
aspects of the new iPhone. Many of these new upgrades are things my phone has
been able to do for years. My Facebook news feed is filled with posts, pictures
and videos of people getting the iPhone 6 and articles about how great it is. I
have friends who watch Apple release dates like it’s a due date for a future
child. To many it is their future child and that is a scary thought. This
obsession with Apple devices, iPhones in particular, is a very scary thought.
You do not see this type of obsession and excitement with
other types of phones. When Android phones and Windows phones come out you
don’t see lines at stores waiting to get the newest phone and there is
certainly no crazy backorder on the phones. This obsession is worldwide too. Around
the world people camp outside of Apple stores for days to be some of the first
people to get the new phone. In Australia a news source was filming the
purchaser of the first iPhone 6 and the person dropped the phone on the ground
as soon as it was opened. This film made news worldwide and became a point of topic
for many people.
Personally, this is a very crazy thought to me. Watching
people making such a big deal over a piece of technology is very upsetting to
me. While my phone is very important to me I cannot understand how someone
would be willing to wait in long lines and pay large amounts of money for
something that will be a piece of trash in a few years when there are other
options out there. Being a former iPhone user I was very excited to be able to move
on to a different type of phone.
One amazing thing that happens with the release of the new
phone is how old iPhones, that had been t The Thing to have back in the day,
become garbage and of no interest to almost all people. This shows how
technology is temporary and how quickly this world now moves through material
items. Years ago phones would last for many years, whereas now people are
getting new phones after a year or less many times. Having an upgrade is the
equivalent to Christmas for many who do not even have anything wrong with their
current phone. Companies compete with each other to have the Biggest and Best
to draw people in to scrapping their old phones for their “better” one. This
not only applies to phones but is very clear with iPhone users. With the
release of each new iPhone little is changed-especially considering many other
phones out there have the same updates already-the obsession grows even more
over the smallest change. The release of the iPhone 6 has brought light again
to the fanaticism and desire to have the new best thing and the obsession of
many iPhone users.
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